purulent

Example Sentences

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At that time, the sore was as wide as a grapefruit and had “copious purulent drainage, foul smell and bleeding,” Dorsey’s lawyers argue.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2018

“What came out of Italy – that was so purulent, so disgusting – felt like this wound that we stabbed the finger in and is so sick, that it needs to be healed,” Argento said.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2018

London has been known as the Great Wen for centuries: not so much a city as a giant purulent infection on the body of languishing England.

From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2014

These crusts often trap purulent materials and have to be removed painfully.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cellular element likewise is that which in abundant liquid exudations characterizes them as purulent.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various